I had a quick go last night, its pretty good.
the landing part appears slightly better than the skydiving/formation part, but thats mainly due to having to use the motion thingy.
There are licences to complete and a good amount of offline and online stuff too.

you are definitely NOT stupid, this game is completely impenetrable, if I hadn't read the post from others on here I never would have known how to open my parachute, it also seems slow and awkward... please tell me its gets better once you get into it!?

Are you REALLY agonising over (what I`ve read above) is a £3.49 PSN game ?

normally i wouldn't give two hoots but this is a pilotwings spin off (ish) and that series is golden and beatiful to me, i don't want to ruin it in one fair swoop of £3.49

Sky Diving is ace, it's not a Pilotwings spin off, it's a fast paced arcade game where you have to rack up high scores. Then there's Landing mode....I suppose part of that has similarities to Pilotwings. Man, that's hard though.

Also: Pixel Junk Monsters is also fantastic. I'm not sure why people are hesitating over £3.49, just don't buy a sandwich and a coffee one day or something!